
“Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.”
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Usenet postings, 1990
“Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.”
“The helpful thought for which you look
Is written somewhere in a book.”
Source: The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
“As you grow ready for it, somewhere or other you will find what is needful for you in a book.”
Source: The Marquis of Lossie
quotations for him
Source: François Pique, Revue Germanique, Paris, 1936
“There is no document of civilization that is not also a document of barbarism.”
Variant: There is no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism.
Source: Theses on the Philosophy of History (1940), VII
Source: On the Concept of History
“I’d much rather pretend I’m
somewhere else, and any time I open
the pages of a book, that happens.”
Source: Between the Lines
“Basis for Negotiations” p. 122
Short fiction, Who Can Replace a Man? (1965)